Bengal Government In No Mood To Engage In Tiffs With Governor: Education Minister
Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed that the training gadget within the state is “politically caged”.
Kolkata:
The West Bengal executive has the very best regard for the governor and it’s in “no temper to interact in tiffs with him” amid the coronavirus disaster, state Schooling Minister Partha Chatterjee stated on Thursday.
The remarks come hours after Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed that the training gadget within the state is “politically caged”.
Mr Dhankhar had convened a web based assembly with vice-chancellors (VCs) of state universities to talk about the educational state of affairs amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.
Barring one, all vice chancellors had stayed away.
“I in finding there’s tightening of this political cage within the training situation in West Bengal. I sought after to fathom the issues the schools and schools are dealing with by way of calling a digital assembly of VCs which they hostile teeth and nail for causes recognized to all,” he stated at a press meet on Thursday.
The governor could also be the chancellor of state universities.
Mr Chatterjee, in reaction, advised journalists that the TMC dispensation “does now not need to bask in politics or extend its run-ins” with the governor.
“We wish to listen his precious recommendation at the welfare of scholars however inside the parameters of the charter,” he stated.
“Why will have to we’ve an issue if the governor works for the wellbeing of the scholars, however he had convened a gathering with VCs with out informing the upper training division. That is towards the rule of thumb handed by way of the state legislature,” the minister stated.
Iterating that the Centre’s advisory asking varsities and educational institutes to behavior the overall 12 months examinations by way of September-end will put the well being of scholars and lecturers in jeopardy, Mr Chatterjee stated the governor has confident the state that he’s going to soak up the subject with the UGC.
“The honourable governor had on July 13 supported our stand that scholars can’t be compelled to sit down for ultimate assessments by way of September-end as it might divulge them to well being hazards in the middle of the pandemic. He had promised to soak up the problem with UGC. We are hoping he helps to keep his promise,” the minister, who had known as Mr Dhankhar a ”BJP guy” previously, stated.
